Vacant Cars During the Coronavirus Outbreak
The reduction in passenger traffic due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) left train cars vacant on the usually full trains on the bounds to Chicago.
Mid-April in the Midwest
Welcome to the midwest where the weather is made up and the seasons don't matter.
The Dead Horse Bay
Dead Horse Bay is a small saltmarsh on the southern side of Brooklyn. In the 19th century, the marsh was a site with animal processing plants to where carcasses of dead horses and other animals were brought to be processed into glue and fertilizer. The remains were dumped into the water. This explains how the Dead Horse Bay got its name.
Horses were replaced by automobiles, and until 1930's, the marsh of Dead Horse Bay was used as a New York city's landfill. Since around 1950's the garbage dump started to erode and all the treasures are now spilling out for everyone to see. More #deadhorsebay photos.
Glass Bottle Beach of the Dead Horse Bay
The coast of the Dead Horse Bay is scattered with bottles, jars, vials, and other glass containers. Less abundant are crockery, faience, porcelain, and rubber items. Probably other materials have not survived and completely decomposed. Some items were buried more than a hundred years ago. Recently I've learned that it is nicknamed “Glass Bottle Beach”. More #deadhorsebay photos.
Striped Searobin (Prionotus Evolans)
This is a Striped Searobin (Prionotus Evolans) from the Triglidae family, commonly known as sea robins or gurnards.
Here are a few interesting things about sea robins. They make a croaking sound similar to a toad. Their skulls are fully armored and they have spines everywhere. They have spiny "legs" but they are not for walking. The "legs" are sensory organ used to search for food on the bottom. And look at these pectoral fins that look like wings.
How to catch: Sometimes you wish you knew how to not catch them. Striped Sea robins will take any bait and virtually any hook size.
It's a Double Rainbow
After every storm, there is a rainbow. Sometimes there are two. The second is less noticeable on the photo but it is there.
View over Northport Bay
View over Northport Bay from the Vanderbilt Mansion - former 43-acre estate of William K. Vanderbilt II, now the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.
Passage to the Sea
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. Eagle's Nest - William K. Vanderbilt, Jr's Gold Coast-era Moorish Mansion, located in Centerpoint, Long Island, NY.
Portrait of a Smooth Dogfish (Mustelus canis)
Smooth dogfish is the name of this shark species I hear most often. But it also called Atlantic smooth dogfish, dusky smooth-hound, grayish, nurse shark, smooth dog, or smooth-hound.
They are mostly found in shallow waters and often can be caught from shore.
Common Spider Crab (Libinia Emarginata)
Libinia emarginata, the portly spider crab, common spider crab, nine-spined spider crab, or the ugliest crab of the Atlantic coast of North America.
U.S. Navy Deep Dive System Mark 1 (DDS-MK1)
Experimental dive system from 1968. Man in the Sea Museum, Panama City Beach, Florida.
Hudson River Estuary Waterways
Hudson River estuary waterways around New York City and New Jersey.
Shark-bitten in Half Sea Turtle Washed Ashore
Or, perharps, it was struck by a boat propeller.
